We came up with the idea for this podcast topic after gauging the different reactions from men and women about the vice presidential debate last week. After a weekend of canvassing, Doug found that most men listened to the bearded guy’s glib, shameless horseshit and wanted to take him outside. But women reacted more fearfully, recognizing him as the oily gaslighter they all knew who disguises his blatant lies with practiced charm.
Whether you’re in a long-term relationship and are focusing on each other after the kids have gone, or you’re dating and trying to unpack each other’s decades of baggage, empathizing with how the opposite sex sees the world takes a lot of practice (which, unfortunately is not guaranteed to make perfect).
Do you think it’s harder or easier to understand your partner now? And do women understand men better than men understand women? And doesn’t that underscore the whole friggin problem in the first place?
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Tune in to learn which former astronaut Doug met, why LaCroix is a bad beverage on the campaign trail, and the story that Magda reacted to with a deep, extended gasp!
Other links:
* Tex Avery cartoons bent reality
* Dustin Poynter and his red flags
* Holland Taylor and Sarah Paulson
* Men’s suicide rates in their 50s
* The symptoms of alexithymia
* The Episode 28 discussion with Kate Anthony:
* The Episode 58 discussion with MaryBeth Lewis-Boardman
* The Episode 31 discussion with Bill Braine
